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Lyn Cramer's Creating Musical Theater
Creating Musical Theater is a collection of interviews that the author, Lyn Cramer- a professor of Musical Theater Dance at The University of Oklahoma, conducted with directors and choreographers that make up today’s Broadway elite. For a student who have not had much chance to get to know and understand musical theater, this book is a great exposure to both the Broadway stages and the behind-the-scene actions. In this short review, I would like to narrow my experience of this book into two directors/ choreographers interviewed in the book that influenced me the most: Jerry Mitchell and Sergio Trujillo.
The two respectful directors and choreographers are undoubtedly two of the very best talent on Broadway; their hard works have been recognized

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